7.8

CVE-2025-40302: media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40302DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40302
Published 08-12-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40302 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 13 · Related 13
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1

Timeline

  1. 08-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: videobuf2: forbid remove_bufs when legacy fileio is active vb2_ioctl_remove_bufs() call manipulates queue internal buffer list, potentially overwriting some pointers used by the legacy fileio access mode. Forbid that ioctl when fileio is active to protect internal queue state between subsequent read/write calls.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu104 products
  • linux< 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.63-1 | < 6.17.8-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ a3293a85381ec9680aa2929547fbc76c5d87a1b2, < a6a493b985bfffac097a4e1be09f98b27729dca8 | ≥ a3293a85381ec9680aa2929547fbc76c5d87a1b2, < e819b34df0a7030a15c968d619fa8a3ed2455c7a | ≥ a3293a85381ec9680aa2929547fbc76c5d87a1b2, < 27afd6e066cfd80ddbe22a4a11b99174ac89cced | 6.10

3 vendors · 106 products

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